{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52",
  "legislation_title": "Prison Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-1952",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Expenses of conveyance to prison.",
  "text": "A prisoner shall not in any case be liable to pay the cost of his conveyance to prison.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 21 excluded (26.1.2004 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 186(1), 336(3)(4); S.I. 2003/3282, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/52/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:21.749923+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}